Welcome to the website of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Welfare Trust

"The trustees shall hold the trust fund and its income upon trust to apply them for the
following objects ("the objects") the relief of poverty sickness and distress of
members of the agricultural community in Zimbabwe ("the area of benefit") including
farmers their employees or other agricultural workers and their families by the
provision of grant aid to individuals and other charitable bodies that are actively
involved in assisting the agricultural community (and the provision of information
emotional and practical support)"

Our website is currently being re-built, and we hope to have the new version up and online very soon. We will be publishing information on all of our projects as well as more general information on the Trust, its people and its focusses.

Until then please bear with us, and please feel free to contact us directly for any information that you may be interested in.

Contact: info@zawt.org

General Overview:

Our mission is to undertake the task of alleviating the hardship and suffering amongst members of the farming community of Zimbabwe namely farmers, farm workers, others connected with agriculture and the families of all such persons who have been directly affected by civil unrest. We undertake to provide assistance with and promotion of the physical and mental health, education, financial needs and general welfare of the agricultural community. Agriculture is the bedrock of the ailing Zimbabwean economy, yet the agricultural community at all levels has borne the brunt of these events. Gangs of self-styled "war veterans" have invaded farms, intimidated and assaulted farmers and their workforce, appropriated or destroyed livestock and property. Apart from the documented cases of torture and killings on Zimbabwean farms, numerous laborers have been rendered homeless, jobless and without access to education and healthcare as farms have had to be abandoned and businesses closed.

The Zimbabwe Agricultural Welfare Trust recognises the need for fundamental land reform in Zimbabwe and the right of all Zimbabweans to democratically determine their futures. ZAWT has no political allegiance or agenda. Its aims are purely humanitarian, in that by supporting the individual people, families and communities who make up the human side of Zimbabwean agriculture, we may contribute to keeping a key part of Zimbabwean society, as well as its economy, alive.

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Zimbabwe Agricultural Welfare Trust (ZAWT)
Chartity Reg No: 1091003

Patron: Archbishop Desmond Tutu